Translations
Modern
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Traditional
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Literal
Better is one being poor walking in his integrity than the one crooked in his lips, and he is a fool.
Latin
Melior est pauper qui ambulat in simplicitate sua quam dives torquens labia sua, et insipiens.
Interlinear
Hebrew
English
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Notes
Glossary
Topics
Being Honest Fame Integrity: General Scriptures Concerning Poor: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Speaking: Evil Speaking: Wisdom In The Poor: May Be: Upright Uprightness with Poverty, is Better than Folly Values